The ongoing break down in law and order owing to the Government’s forced interference into the peaceful ENDSARS protest has begun to raise attention of communities both locally and internationally. This is as the leader of the renowned Biafra agitation group, Nnamdi Kanu made a public statement through the publicity […]
Day: 22 October 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari says some Nigerians misconstrued his administration’s swift response in disbanding the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force as weakness. Buhari stated this in a live broadcast on Thursday evening. Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had scrapped the special police unit in the wake of the […]
Legendary pop diva, Janet Jackson, has taken to her social media account to lend her support to the ongoing #EndSARS. The singer stated that she stands with the Nigerian youths whom she describes as ‘young, brave, future leaders.’ In her tweets, she noted that she loves and prays for Nigeria. […]
ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE ENDSARS PROTESTS, 22ND OCTOBER, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. […]
Over 268,758 persons have so far signed a petition for President Muhammadu Buhari and other top officials of his government to be charged over the killing of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Tuesday. The petitioners are pushing for Buhari and other top officials, especially of […]
Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukeman, on Thursday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the machinery of his administration to restore peace in the country. Lukeman said this in a statement titled “Save Nigeria for APC to Command Moral and Electoral Credibility… A Wakeup Call to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will at 7pm address the security situation in the country. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari addresses the nation.’ According to the statement, “Following detailed briefing by security chiefs on the current situation in […]
International Criminal Court says it has received reports of crimes committed during the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, disclosed this in a statement posted on the Twitter handle of the global organisation. Bensouda said that the ICC is already monitoring developments from the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has recounted how he unsuccessful tried to inform President Muhamadu Buhari when hoodlums unleashed unprecedented violence, burning and destruction of public and private properties and businesses on the state on Wednesday. The governor said also revealed that he has yet to have access to President […]
Suspected thugs on Thursday broke into the National Correctional Service Centre in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, and forcefully released the inmates. No fewer than 58 inmates were said to have been released during the attack while a vehicle was burnt. It was also […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to curtail the arson and widespread violence that has ravaged the state might be eased by Friday. The governor said the easing of the curfew was necessary for Lagos residents to restock food supplies and other essential […]
Bala Dauda The Relume Charitable Foundation and its partners have on Thursday donated a standard primary healthcare centre worth N300 million to Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. The project was jointly sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC ) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). Inaugurating the facility […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a meeting of the National Security Council at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which started at about 11 am is holding amidst violence in parts of the country. Those in attendance at the meeting include Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; […]
Let me start, on behalf of myself, my family and political associates and supporters, by joining millions of the good citizens of this great country to commend our great youth for taking the initiative of organizing mass peaceful protests against police brutality and other ills of government on our citizens. […]
Chairmen of the 21 local government areas of Adamawa State, have adopted resolutions and action plans to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The resolutions and action plans were adopted during an engagement between the 21 LG chairmen and other critical stakeholders in Yola, Wednesday […]
Ruling All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday, accused the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party of sponsoring the #EndSARS nationwide protests and using them for political gains. This was contained in a statement titled, “APC: PDP leaders playing politics with #EndSARS protest,” signed by the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, […]
Under President Muhammadu Buhari, there is a sense that the country could burn to the ground. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie LAGOS, Nigeria — For years, the name SARS hung in the air here in Nigeria like a putrid fog. SARS, which stood for Special Anti-Robbery Squad, was supposed to be the […]
By Bala Dan Abu The Chairman of the Seven-man Judicial Commission of Enquiry into the crisis between the Tiv and their Neighbours in Taraba State, Retired Justice Kummai Aka’as has described the damage done by the crisis as monumental. Aka’as disclosed this on Tuesday when a report of the Commission […]
